The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) lost no time in writing to President-elect Trump, seeking his endorsement of its Hindu American policy and issue priorities for 2025. HAF heralded the plan as the “Hindu American Project 2025,” an obsequious nod to Project 2025, whose implementation even in parts would mean disastrous consequences for millions of Americans, including Indian Americans.
As a Khabar magazine story noted, “This overarching right-wing manifesto, besides being a grave threat to American democracy, is also an oblique assault on all marginalized communities.” The author warned that Project 2025 could result in “Decreased enforcement and continued politicization of the civil service…[and] create an environment ripe for discrimination on the basis of religion or ethnicity.”
It is deeply distressing that HAF, which claims to be a civil rights organization, would flippantly take the name of Project 2025, which threatens even its own constituency, instead of condemning it.
In my view, HAF’s policies and priorities for 2025 are mostly about its own grievances and do not include any action aimed at defending the fundamental rights of all Indian Americans. While HAF frequently speaks for Hindu minorities in Bangladesh and Pakistan, it is shameful that it has absolutely nothing to say about the widespread hate and violence being perpetrated against Muslim and Christian minorities in India by the very organizations with whom it has had long-standing ties. This is sheer hypocrisy.
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